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“It’s the strongest evidence yet indicating that some nanoparticles are so small that they can actually seep through skin, especially when the skin has been damaged.”
Maybe marketing departments will start to reconsider the “Nano” brand.
“The question that everyone is interested in is ‘what are the potential problems that may arise,’ and how can society be protected?”
Yes indeed.
“Requiring industry to report on nanomaterials used and risk assessment performed, along with increasing nanotechnology expertise in the agency, would better equip the CPSC to succeed. The alternative is to wait for injury, death, or chronic effects to emerge and force further action. “
Pandora probably told herself: “Let’s just open the box and take a prudent wait-and-see approach.”
“The government has yet to adopt an appropriate strategy to evaluate human exposure to nanoparticles less than 100 billionths of a meter in size, they said.”
Why does government approve things it doesn’t understand, especially things it doesn’t even try to understand?
“Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicles will measure emissions during China’s ‘great shutdown’….”
I’d wager that the air in Beijing was far cleaner and healthier during the Olympics than is usually the case.
“YOU KNOW those smell-resistant socks you plan to wear hiking? Well, the materials that eliminate the stink in your sportswear may soon be registered with your hometown public health department….”
Stinky feet in a tent are not ideal, but is the cure worse than the “disease”?
